After taking free agent visits to Detroit and Seattle, veteran pro bowl guard T.J. Lang had offers to weigh from the Lions, Seahawks and Packers.

Lang settled on a three-year deal with the Lions, worth a reported $28.5 million, including $19 million in guaranteed money.

The 29-year-old Lang spent six seasons with the Packers and Green Bay wanted him back, but at their price.

The Packers resigned outside linebacker Nick Perry to a five-year, $60 million deal. Then, after talks broke off with Jared Cook, the Packers signed free agents Martellus Bennett and Lance Kendricks.

Lang played his college football at Eastern Michigan and has a home in Michigan, so his signing with Detroit makes sense. Not to mention, the Lions have a good quarterback (Matthew Stafford) and are a playoff caliber team.

Lang has been selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his eight-year career after being named an alternate each of the last two seasons. He has started 89 games since 2011, the most by a Packers’ offensive player.

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Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Mike Pennel will serve another four-game suspension for violation of the NFL’s substance abuse policy. Pennel will be eligible to return for any postseason games.

It’s Pennel’s second four-game suspension this season, violating the league’s substance abuse policy for a second time. He also missed the first four games of the season.

Pennel resolved a lawsuit that he filed in Ohio federal court earlier this week. Pennel could have been suspended six to 10 games for a second violation.

The Packers say they won’t comment any further on Tuesday’s announcement.

Pennel has just five tackles in eight games but did have a tackle for loss against the Houston Texans on Sunday. His departure likely means more snaps for rookie Dean Lowery who had his best game last Sunday.

The Green Bay Packers start their preparations today for Sunday’s prime time matchup against the Washington Redskins and they expect to be without another starter.

Right guard T.J. Lang left Sunday’s game with what was thought to be an ankle injury. But Lang said Tuesday that the injury is a foot injury, not the ankle. He expressed his disappointment after saying he expects to miss several weeks moving forward.

The Packers are already playing without starting center J.C. Tretter and left tackle David Bakhtiari left last week’s game with a knee injury. Bakhtiari said Monday that he expects to be day-to-day and wouldn’t rule out playing Sunday night.

Just one day after the Green Bay Packers released him, three-time Pro Bowl guard Josh Sitton agreed to a three-year deal with the Chicago Bears.

Sitton’s deal is reportedly worth $21.5-million over three years, including a $10 million signing bonus.

The 30-year old Sitton was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season, but the Packers were looking to likely move on after this season. Now, the Packers are moving on without Sitton and saving $6.55 million, giving them more salary cap space to try to resign other players that are set to become free agents after the season.

Starters T.J. Lang, J.C. Tretter and David Bakhtiari are all set to become free agents at the end of the season.

Green Bay Packers guard T.J. Lang was back on the field Monday night, becoming the first of the six players that started training camp on the P.U.P. list to be activated.

Lang is coming off of offseason shoulder surgery and missed the first week of camp mostly as a precaution. Lang said last week that he expected to return to practice by no later than Monday.

There’s been no change on the other five P.U.P. players: Sam Barrington, Jordy Nelson, Corey Linsley, Jared Cook and Ty Montgomery.

Packers at Night

The Packers held their second straight night practice, this time under the lights at Ray Nitschke Field. They practiced Sunday night at Lambeau Field for Family Night. Tuesday is a scheduled non-practice day. They have two more night practices scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

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